On November 21, 2014 the League of Women Voters held a debate between the District #6 Candidates and the Candidates for Mayor.At the below link click on Forum Part 2 for our City Council District 6 candidates and Forum Part 5 for the Mayor Forum. It starts with the Candidates for Mayor.

The campaign finance reporting period for mayoral and City Council run-off races covered the period from Oct. 26 to Dec. 6; reports were due in the City Clerk's office by 5pm Dec. 8. The figures listed here are taken directly from candidates' reports to the City Clerk; anomalies, omissions, and apparent reporting errors are as they appear on the reports, and we'll follow issues and questions raised by the reports online at the Newsdesk and in subsequent reporting.

The debate between Don Zimmerman and Jimmy Flannigan will start at 3pm this Sunday and should run to 5 pm. Amy Denney of the Northwest Impact Newspaper will moderate. It will be held in the Anderson Mill Community Center at 11500 El Salido Parkway. The entrance is on the back/right side of the building.

wo North Austin City Council candidates, who will face off in a Dec. 16 runoff election, say the city is growing rapidly and that the District 7 Council member must make sure the area stays affordable.District 7 candidate Leslie Pool, 59, is an executive assistant for Travis County Constable Carlos Lopez. She sailed ahead of the other seven candidates in the November election with 32 percent of the vote. Her opponent, attorney Jeb Boyt, 50, earned 17 percent.At a candidate forum Monday night at St. John’s Episcopal Church that was hosted by the North Austin Community Newsletter, both candidates addressed development in the area...

On first day of early voting, the two remaining candidates in District 4 sat down to debate. Even though both focused on their plans for keeping North Austin affordable, their differences were apparent.Greg Casar, 25, a community organizer, led the election on Nov. 4 with 39 percent of the vote. His opponent, Laura Pressley, 51, is the owner of Pure Rain LLC, a bottled-water company; she nabbed 22 percent of the vote. The two went head-to-head at a candidate forum Monday night at St. John’s Episcopal Church, hosted by the North Austin Community Newsletter.www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2014/12/scrutiny-district-4-candidates-debate/

One obvious similarity between Pool and Boyt is their years of service on various city boards. But the two visions they worked on for landmarks in the heart of Austin underscore the differences between the way the two candidates running to represent North Austin’s District 7 think about growth.